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In addition to what you wrote above did they put a physical stamp onto one of your passport pages? 🙏😇👍

Day 56 (22 February 2025) After I wake up in the morning, around 8:30am I receive a “Goodmorning honey” message in LINE from my Thai boyfriend with a photo of him in his volleyball sport attire at Jomtien soi 12, as he has just finished playing several matches of volleyball. He is getting ready to go home to sleep – as Dracula and the vampires cannot tolerate the sunlight (it is 7:30am back in Jomtien). So, I am waking up and he is going to sleep – they say in love that “opposites attract….” I eat breakfast and as I am horny I reach out to Jeff, as he is lodging nearby in the Lahug neighborhood, which is right next to CBP where I am. We agree that he will come to my room at 1pm. He is all nervous about the security screening – as he has never been to this Cityscape building before and I tell him to relax as the security team likes me here and remembers my sordid details when I stayed here for almost 2 weeks back in January. At 1:32pm, my room doorbell rings and I see that it is Jeff. I take him out onto the mini balcony and I point out that I can see far away Mactan Newtown from my balcony where Jeff and I originally met: View from my Cityscape balcony of Mactan island I close the balcony curtains and we immediately get naked and Jeff starts his wonderful soothing massage. Each time that I meet him he keeps getting better and better. He is more confident with me and less shy so this time he teases me with some edging pleasure by bringing me to the edge and he can sense that in 2 or 3 more sensual jerks it can be Game Over – but he does not allow me which makes me more crazy. Then when I can’t stand it anymore, I jump up and I edge and blow him slowly until his intense orgasm. Then he finishes me off slowly and sensually licks my nipples while edging me to climax. This guy is definitely a keeper. I pay him and off he goes and I am so happy for that great session. I wash up and I decide to walk on the very busy Archibishop Reyes Avenue road to IT Park. It takes 28 minutes and like last time, there are a couple of areas where there is no sidewalk or side road to walk on so you enter into the oncoming traffic hoping that the cars will go around you. These 3 difficult areas last for about 30 seconds each, so I try to time them to be when there is a lull in the traffic. Cebu city really needs some better planning for consistent sidewalks if it wants to be a tourist city of the 21st century. I head to one of my favorite places to eat, WOLFLINK https://www.facebook.com/wolflinkph/ as I truly LOVE their Wolf’s Stew because it is mixed with smoked meat, sausage, egg, cheese, and spicy Korean kimchi – which all together is a perfect combination: Wolf’s Stew – so delicious I then decide to take the bus back from IT Park to the Ayala Mall for only 15 baht, and the travel time was like 7 minutes. I intentionally ask everyone how to get back to IT Park – as I want to correct the problem that I encountered in my Day 46 - 12 February 2025 trip report, When I could not find the IT Park bound bus from the Ayala Mall. I discovered that I was incorrectly waiting at the Luzon Avenue bus stops that are located on Luzon Avenue. Instead, the IT Park bus passes directly in front of the Ayala Mall Luzon exit that is next to ULLI’s Streets of Asia restaurant that is in the overhang where the taxis are picking up passengers just outside the security control of the mall. You can see a taxi in the below photo just outside of the security control – it is here that the bus back to IT Park stops. I go to the Metro department store – basement level to buy body wash, shampoo, and more coconut massage cream oil. You may remember that I bought body wash back in the Watson’s in Mactan Newtown – but I hated it (because it was a body scrub which contained sand like ingredients) and I gave it to Mr. B. I buy some take away food from Turks, that sells yummy shawarma wraps for takeaway, https://www.instagram.com/turksayala/ to eat in my room later for dinner. After I return to my room I promised Mr. B. that I would research where I would like to go during his day off on Tuesday 25 February. Initially, I fantasized about us going to beautiful Bantayan Island, but the logistics to get there from Cebu City are too complicated for only a 2 day 1 night trip, as it takes 4 hours by van to arrive at the port where the boat is that takes you to the island and then the ferry takes up to 1 hour to cross. So we decide against this idea. Bantayan island white powder sand https://guidetothephilippines.ph/articles/ultimate-guides/bantayan-island-travel-guide So, I fire up the Grok AI module and it gives us a list of possible places to go that are near Cebu City, and at the same time Mr. B. suggests that we go to the Cebu Safari and Adventure Park. I read up about this place and I like what it has to offer, especially the ziplining adventure, which I truly find exhilarating and good to pump my heart to excitement. I like this plan and we mutually agree to it. So, now we both have something exciting to look forward to on Tuesday. We also discuss transportation modalities as it is quite far outside the city and we decide to employ our Grab taxi off-meter strategy – as that worked very well when we went up into the mountains last month. I finish writing and posting Day 54 of this trip report. Eat my Turks shawarma dinner on the balcony, relax, chat with my Thai boyfriend, and then call it a night. Day 56 (22 February 2025) concluded

Sorry guys - but once again, the organizers of the FIRST ever MIMA Party 2025 have amended the party date to Saturday 22 March 2025. The venue appears to remain the same. Note that this MIMA Party is limited to the first 120 people who sign up. If you are not already a member of their LINE group, you can try to reach either of the administrators via Twitter (X) at: @massageinside3 @Massageaddictt1 They do not state why the party date is being moved again - but one of you forum members (you know who you are) mentioned to me that Moonlight is having its 7th Anniversary party on Saturday 15 March 2025, as reported on their web page at: https://moonlightbangkok.com/ Below is the amended MIMA Party invitation as posted in their LINE group. Left side is the original party invitation and the right side is the party invitation translated into Thai by the Google Translate app.

I am hoping that what you wrote above is still true - as I desire the physical stamp in my passport, to: Be exempt for my first 90 days reporting, as required with the non O immigrant visa (I was out of the country), I need these first 62 days that I was outside of Thailand recorded in my passport - as I am using this tax year 2025 as my non-resident tax exemption - as part of my > 180 days out of Thailand. Therefore, I hope and pray, that the above mentioned mishap with the biometric system will not impact the date tracing of in and out of the country for the above mentioned 2 purposes.

outch - I see that the Friends Gay Guesthouse on Phú Quốc is now for sale. Perhaps @Olddaddy might want to take it over ?

I was also in Phú Quốc just before covid and I also loved it. My lodging was nowhere as nice as your beautiful stay at the Marriott. I instead stayed at the Friends Gay Guesthouse and it was quaint and a lot of fun - foam party on the roof for New Year's Eve. https://www.facebook.com/friendsgayguesthouse/ I hope to return to Phú Quốc when I will go to Da Nang, Vietnam for 130 days later this year.

not always. Being from the USA - our cock diet mostly consists of circumcised cut cocks - and so that is what we get used to. But I left the USA in May 1999 for Europe, where my cock diet changed to uncut cocks. And now here in Thailand the cock diet is mostly uncut cocks. As I like variety - Variety is the spice of life - I sometimes miss the enjoyment of a cut cock - especially when it comes to edging - as I have noticed that guys with cut cocks seem to enjoy edging more than guys whose cocks are not cut. Being cut myself - I cannot understand why? Can any of you forum members who are not cut explain why getting your cock edged is perhaps not liked ?

Great - let us meet up (if you would like) if you come over to Pattaya. Your guy can meet my guy and they can then talk about us = hahahaha....

I totally agree with this economic impact. This is very true and playing out now over in Phuket - as Phuket has become super expensive with the arrival of a huge amount of Russians of lately. I asked the Grok AI to explain it better than I could. So, the same economic situation is playing out here in Mactan island; first by the Japanese and now by the Koreans.

Yes, but in the next tax biennial - which would be year 2027 - when I would need to again leave Thailand for > 180 days. 2 years prior - I met a super hot guy in Pattaya who was from Surabaya in Indonesia - and he has been telling me to come to Indonesia - so Indonesia is definitely on the list. But for this tax biennial - it will only be the Philippines (62 days) and then after Songkran finishes, then off to Da Nang, Vietnam for 130 days. Sounds exciting, considering Indonesia has a population in excess of 280 million inhabitants, where I believe that the majority are circumcised ?

My return flight to Thailand is quickly approaching = 3 March One week from tomorrow I should be on the airplane back to Thailand.

Currently, I would only be back in Cebu IF the Thai government goes through with their threat to implement a Global Tax Scheme. For the next 2 sets of biennials - where I need to leave Thailand in the alternating tax year - I want to try some other countries in South East Asia - like Indonesia, Malaysia, and Japan - so for now, this issue would be a non event. Absolutely not. I don't know how they managed to live in a space so tiny during the draconian Covid lockdown period. When Covid hit I was living in Budapest where I had a large 72sqm loft with a huge balcony - which made it easier to get through the Covid lockdown period. But also, our Hungarian Prime Minister was one of the first countries in the EU to open up after only 6 months to normal pre-Covid status - unlike Thailand (I believe that they had to suffer for 2.5 years) and the Philippines (I believe that they had to suffer for almost 3 years). So, yes I would get annoyed with this 22 sq m space limitation. If I was to live here full time as a retiree - I would choose one of the larger condos with a balcony where the minimum space would be 45sqm or larger. oh no!! How embarrassing considering my last job before retiring was as a Finance Officer. Don't tell my ex boss. I can now see clearly the errors of my ways - as an average sqm price of $17.43 USD is ONLY slightly more than DOUBLE an average sqm price of ~$8.51 USD. When I typed the above I saw that it was double and associated double in my mind with 200%, whereas mathematically it is only 104% more. In my previous career as a Finance Officer I was only in charge with the moving of money from place A to place E - including any of the potential financial intermediaries (with greedy hands) found/intercepted inbetween points A and E. So, when your job is to hound your banking partners, manage banking databases, and to work with the international payment systems (SWIFT, SEPA, FedWire, mobile wallets, domestic ACH systems throughout the world, etcetera) you never had to perform mathematics and/or accounting - as this type of Finance Officer job did not involve accounting or budget analysis = hallelujah!!! As I hate those aspects of Finance - as evident in my above 204% blunder. But, if you ever need to move money from country A to country B - I am the guy to speak to.

Day 55 (21 February 2025) – Goodbye Mactan Newtown I had a restless sleep, so I wake up in a groggy state of mind – this usually happens when I need to relocate. I also wakeup to the noise of day 3 of the cockfighting – incredible. Eat breakfast and I begin the laborious labor of packing. Now I have 2 luggages – where the 2nd newer smaller luggage is dedicated to hauling around my massage towels, block the sunlight sheets, and anything that is remaining in the refrigerator of the AirBnB that I am vacating and can be ported to the successor AirBnB. On the day prior to my return to Thailand, I will gift this 2nd luggage and its contents to Mr. B. as he has been an incredible new friend in my 62 day stay here in Cebu. I have a long chat via the AirBnB app with the owner of this condo – as I have fallen in love with her condo and I wanted to tell her why it is so wonderful and to give her a suggestion to add a set of chairs and table on the balcony – as the balcony is now naked – in the sense that it is empty. She tells me that she intentionally did not buy any balcony furniture as she has a 5 year old child and she would dread the idea that this child could climb up onto this balcony furniture and perhaps fall from this 18th floor balcony. I tell her that I agree, but she should give consideration to buy a collapsable table and chair set for the balcony and to not assemble it when the child is there, but to assemble it when the condo is rented out to clients from AirBnB – she agrees. We also discuss why there are so many Koreans and she tells me that 25 years prior, that the number one foreigners in Mactan were the Japanese. But, in the last 10 to 15 years or so, the Koreans have overtaken the Japanese. She is a wonderful woman and it is one of those rare times when you bond with your AirBnB host. I also tell her that I am writing a paper about elderly retirees possibly retiring in the Cebu area and I ask her what would be the estimated monthly rental price for her condo on a long term lease. Her condo is ~ 44.6 sqm and the monthly rental price would be between 45,000 to 50,000 pesos per month ( ~ $777.53 USD to $863.92 USD ). Converting the lower price range to price per sqm = ~$17.43 USD ($777.53 USD / 44.6sqm). My Jomtien condo is 98sqm and costs 28,000 Thai baht ( ~ $834.33 USD) with an average price per sqm of ~$8.51 USD ($834.33 / 98sqm) à which when measured on a sqm basis, this wonderful Philippine Mactan Newtown One Pacific Residence (OPR) elegant condo complex is 204% more expensive than my Jomtien, Thailand condo. There are some notable reasons as to why this Mactan Newtown OPR condo would demand a higher price premium: OPR was constructed in 2016 – while the View Talay (VT) that I live in was constructed in 2007, OPR has an abundance of amenities and facilities that VT does not have, such as: Tennis court, Gym, Men/Women Onsens, Many meeting rooms, Climbing wall, Children’s playground, Outdoor sitting lounging area, Outdoor complex perimeter running track, Men/Women changing rooms, Access to private beach owned by the township, FULL 180 degree sea view. The only amenity that they both have in common is the pool. My VT condo – only has a partial 90 degree sea view – whereas this OPR condo has a FULL 180 degree seaview. Should this OPR condo command a 204% price premium ? I receive good news from my to-be new AirBnB host over in Cebu City that it is already available – he tells me this at 11am – which is the check out time for the OPR condo. So, this is fantastic news because I can immediately fetch a taxi and already travel to the new condo without having to be “homeless” for a couple of hours – as the normal check in time for the Cityscape condo is 3pm. I go to the OPR security team and check out and say goodbye to all of them and I ask them to fetch me a taxi (instead of using Grab) – as I know that they get a finders fee. A local Mactan taxi comes and I say a sad goodbye to the security team and to Mactan Newtown – my Jomtien in the Philippines. https://yourhome.ph/property/the-mactan-newtown/ Goodbye Mactan Newtown (Jomtien of Cebu) Good luck with the completion of your master plan My taxi guy was fantastic – he was a great storyteller and he also tells me all about the evolution from first the Japanese in Mactan and then now the Koreans. I ask him why he prefers remote Mactan over the hustle and bustle of Cebu City? He basically says the same reasons as to why I would not like to live in Pattaya City or Bangkok – the noise, traffic, grim, pollution, too far away from the sea, etcetra. Mactan is definitely nicer than Cebu City, but the traffic in Mactan can also be bad and is definitely worse than the traffic in Jomtien. Since Mactan island hosts the international airport for busy Cebu City, it adds to the traffic congestion. I tell the taxi driver about the 3 crazy days of cockfighting and he laughs and says to me, “oh sir, it is good that you leave Mactan island today – because this weekend it will be crazy here because of the Fiesta Señor de Santo Niño De Cebu Mactan Parish.” I reply, “but I thought that the festival of Santo Niño was SINULOG, which we already celebrated on 19 January 2025”? He replies, “sir, that SINULOG was for Cebu – now it is Mactan’s turn.” I lean back in my taxi seat realizing that WOW – he is correct – because at the mouth of the Mactan Newtown township MAIN entrance is the Sto. Niño De Cebu Mactan Parish = Ground ZERO of the to-be festivities. After 3 days of cockfighting what surprise could be forthcoming..... He tells me this is why you have heard 3 continuous days of cockfighting mixed in with marching band parades – this is the lead up to the BIG celebration. He said, this is nothing – you should see what will happen this weekend!! https://www.facebook.com/StoNinoMactanParishOfficial/ In that moment, I was happy to know that I would be escaping this Mactan SINULOG chaos and to be transferring back to calm and civilized Cebu City in the CBP – Central Business Park – Ayala Mall. Welcome Back to CBP!! We arrive back at the CityScape Grand Tower after only about 70 minutes and the security team is elated to see me again and quite surprised. Everyone is happy and so am I with their grand welcome. I perform the security ID document control and check in procedure, and all is good and they help me with my luggage up to my tiny 22sqm room with a sea facing tiny balcony. I compromised to return here, as this was the ONLY condo building that is listed in AirBnB or Booking.com, that: o Is near the CBP Ayala mall, o Has a balcony with sea view. There are 2 other buildings in the area with large condo units with very big balconies in: The Alcoves – premier condos that sit directly above the Ayala Mall - check it out here at: https://www.alcoves.com.ph/ Park Point Residences – premier condos located directly above the Ayala Mall with direct internal access to the mall. Check it out here at: https://www.ayala-land-premier.com/park-point-residences-cebu.html --> Unfortunately, the above 2 condo buildings NEVER appear in any of the short term condo rental sites. I have noticed that some of the high end condo buildings prohibit short term rentals – to keep up appearances of “high society”, or “Sosyal” in tagalog, or “HiSo” in Thai speak. --> So, in this sense, I failed to compare high end living in Cebu City with what we have back in Jomtien / Pattaya. However, I was able to accomplish this goal over in Mactan Newtown at the One Pacific Residence (OPR). I unpack and sort out my belongings. Then I set up my laptop workstation. You may remember that when I stayed here the first time – end of December – through the first two weeks of January – the space was so small that there was no way to create a laptop workstation. I made damn sure that with my second stay at Cityscape that in addition to a seaview balcony that there would be a way to create a workstation for my laptop. My improvised workstation Not perfect – as I need to look upwards towards the TV that is affixed to the wall – but it is very workable and I am happy. When you only have a 22sqm condo to work with, you have to be very creative. I take a shower and head over to the Ayala Mall for a great Italian lunch at Italianni’s https://www.italiannis.com.ph/ Then I search for another hair color treatment shop – as I am again not happy with how my hair is fading, aging, and looking ragged again – especially after our sun fun adventure on Olango island – as the sun just loves to transform hair that is dyed. We spend a lot of time going back and forth about the appropriate shade of brown for my hair. I show them the color code card that my Thai hairdresser gave me but it seems that they use a different color scheme here in the Philippines. She completes the hair treatment and I am super happy as they finally get the same color that I usually get back in Thailand. I get some take away food to eat in my room later – as I am truly tired and call it an early night. No massages or extra-curricular activities today. Day 55 (21 February 2025) concluded – Hello again CBP in Cebu City

They are EVERYWHERE. It is quite impressive - as I never saw this many Koreans together outside of Korea. In the Mactan Newtown area they are the predominant foreigners. Then after them are some Japanese, Arabs, and us from the west (North America, EU, and Australia). But us from the west, we are the minority. I was told that the Japanese frequent this area because they occupied large parts of the Philippines during World War II. The Koreans have created many businesses both inside the Mactan Newtown township and also in the immediate outside area. These businesses are some of the English language and educational schools, many restaurants, karaoke places, Wash-n-Dry franchises, real estate - condos for sale and rent, and probably many other types of businesses that I am not aware of in my short time here.

Day 54 (20 February 2025) Cockfighting Day 2 Eat breakfast and observe the continued ruckus of the nearby day 2 of cockfighting. What is surreal about this morning’s cockfighting is that it is supplemented with a musical parade – so to hear this cacophony of sounds; people yelling, roosters screaming, and marching band music playing is just so bizarre. 20Feb2025_shortened_cockfight_parade_video.mp4 Why a marching parade? Shall be revealed in tomorrow’s trip report update – stay tuned. I venture outside for my favorite last lunch in the township = soupless ramen + dumplings (gyoza): Today I see that they are roasting 2 large pigs to make lechon meals. Weather is kind of crappy so I stay in my room and get my trip reports up to date. A kind reader from this forum alerts me that I inadvertently outed Mr. B. in my trip report and I urgently write to our beloved TotallyOz who saves my ass and removes his true name. I apologize to Mr. B., as he also discovers that I included his true name in our trip to Olango island report. One of the dangers that we only have 20 minutes to fix/adjust anything that we post in this forum. Later in the evening, I decide to eat outside of the township, as this is my last night in Mactan Newtown. I walk over at the LG garden walk mall where I venture up to the second floor to try one of their many restaurants. I reward myself with a wonderful plate of fresh oysters and a “surf & turf” meal at the World Traveller’s Mactan Restobar https://www.facebook.com/worldtravellersceburestobar/ The owner is a very interesting and a well-informed Australian, who is married to a beautiful Filipina. He has lived in the Philippines, mostly in the Cebu area, for 18 years, so he could answer my million questions when he was not attending to other customers. He confirmed my understanding about why there are so many Korean (and to a lesser extent, Japanese) investors, expats, retirees and tourists in the area – as he told me that they always loved this Mactan island area due to its warm climate and proximity via air – even well before the MegaWorld Mactan Newtown township became livable (as the first construction phase was being completed) in 2012. I loved his restobar tagline = “Come for a drink, stay for a meal” as it is truly one of the attractions of frequenting his place – as you are immediately made to feel as a part of his extended family. While waiting to pay the bill, the Lady Gaga 2018 movie, “A Star is Born” theme song is displayed up on the big TV of the restaurant, and I have an unexpected emotional reaction and I need to hide my eyes – as that song is connected in my memories to my prior Thai boyfriend, as that was his favorite movie and when he shared it with me, it was the 1 and only 1 time that I ever saw him cry. After dinner, while walking back to my condo, I ran across a very sexy group of 5 to 6 hot Korean guys. I tried to take their photo for this trip report, but I fumbled and I was not successful, as the guys were watching me. I constantly look in the hookup apps hoping that some of these Koreans would be available – but I never see any. Perhaps they use a different app than Grindr and Heesay (formerly Blued) ? No massages or extra-curricular activities or cockfighting in my condo room today. Day 54 (20 February 2025) concluded.

Here is the specific link to the IMF warning for Thailand: https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2965398/imf-calls-for-thai-rate-cut-to-support-inflation-ease-debt-load What is even more scary - is this Bangkok Post op-ed piece written by: Chartchai Parasuk, PhD, is a freelance economist. I don't know if this guy is always so "doom and gloom" - as I am not familiar with him. His op-ed is worth a read. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2964523/thailands-financial-system-on-the-brink#google_vignette He is very pessimistic about what is in store for Thailand in year 2025

Day 53 (19 February 2025) = Cockfighting I am woken up early by what sounds like a protest outside on the street outside of the township walls. I open the curtains and I step out onto the balcony and I see a large crowd gathering in front of the below structures (see below photo) and there is a lot of excitement, yelling and screaming. I need my phone to zoom in very closely and it looks like it is the MC (Master of Ceremonies) who is riling up the crowd into a frenzy at 8:30am in the morning. I send the above photo to both Mr. B. and my Thai boyfriend and Mr. B. confirms that this is the occasional barangay (village) cockfighting, which is allowed on certain days of the month. shortened_cockfight_19Feb2025.mp4 Is this the Philippines answer to the Roman Empires, “Panem et Circenses” ?? To keep social order ? https://winedharma.com/en/blog-en/panem-et-circenses-the-role-of-the-colosseum-in-ancient-romes-social-order/ What is amazing is that this cockfighting went on all day late into the night. How many cocks had to die to satisfy the crowd ? Later after my Thai boyfriend wakes up he tells me that these local village cockfights also occur in Thailand. I have never seen them in Thailand and I surely don't want to see one up and close here in the Philippines - just the shrieks of agony (that I can hear) coming from the roosters sends chills down my spine. I work on the BIG trip report update for our trip to Olango. I go to lunch at my usual Mactan Newtown Alfresco open air food court. Today the weather is crappy – windy, chilly, and rain on and off throughout the day. So, I hunker back to my room to finally finish the Olango update and post it to this forum. I also respond to some queries that this trip report has generated. There is a lull in the rain and I run over to the An’Dale Eats food truck and I eat outside but it is quite too chilly with the wind. So, I eat quickly and return to my room. Chat with my Thai boyfriend and he is excited to go to Rayong with his friends to see the below mentioned Mor Lam concert. He sends me pictures and video streams via LINE and I eventually fall asleep knowing that my maximum capacity to enjoy a Mor Lam concert with them is about 2 hours long before they need to organize a car to send gramps (me) home for his warm milk and cookies and then off to bed. No massages or extra-curricular activities or cockfighting in my condo room today. Day 53 (19 February 2025) concluded.

Day 52 (18 February 2025) Eat breakfast with Mr. B. and then he leaves to go back to Cebu city, as he needs to work today. Mr. B. shares with me the details of his journey as an alternative way to get back to Cebu city using the existing transportation system. He takes the 10:30 am Ceres Bus bound for IT Park from the Mactan Newtown transportation station for 26 pesos (~ $0.45 USD) – as he will exit at the Pacific Mall in Mandaue city at 11:15am, where he will transfer to a jeepney (standing room only) bound for SM Cebu City, which only costs 15 pesos (~ $0.26 USD). He exits at the stop before the Mabolo church where he transfers for a jeepney (bahtbus), which costs 13 pesos (~ $0.22 USD), back to his hotel boarding house at 12 noon. Total cost was 26 + 15 + 13 = 54 pesos (~ $0.93 USD) with a the total elapsed time of approximately 90 minutes. I spend a lot of time today writing a long letter to my Thai boyfriend (as I had frozen conversations with him on 15 February) which basically outlined that if he does not modify his financial discipline that I will leave him out of my need for self-preservation. As I want this message to be razor sharp clear – I first use Google translate and then I reverse translate what Google wrote via the OpenAI app. I see that it still needs some modifications in English in order for my message to be more clear and less ambiguous. I then put this revised message into Google translate and then reverse translate using instead the Grok AI tool and I see that it is almost perfect. Again, I tweak my letter some more by trying to use more latin based words and more British words, and in the end I get to a result that I feel comfortable enough to send to him in the LINE app both in the Thai language and in English. In addition to the above laborious work, I attached 2 idiomatic proverbs to my message that took me a very long time to find their Thai equivalents. I share them here in case it would aid any of you when trying to communicate with your Thai loved ones. I go to lunch at the Mactan Newtown Alfresco open air food court. Return to my room to work on some of these trip report updates as I am again once behind. Thai boyfriend wakes up and we have more than 1 intense conversation and things are somewhat better – but as my mother always told me when she was alive, “Watch what people do and NOT what they say – because actions take much more energy than empty words.” He hates when I remind him of what my mother says – as I would imagine that to change away from the carefree habits of being an ex-money boy are not easy. Afterwards, I decide that I need some stress relief and I fire up the Heesay app and I see that Jeff is online. I cautiously write to him in his original Heesay profile (as I am not sure if it is still hijacked) and I understand that it is really him as we exchange phone numbers and we move the conversation over to WhatsApp. We agree to meet at 7pm and I go outside of my OPR condo complex and eventually Jeff arrives, and he looks as sexy as before. We check in with the security guards and they take his ID and issue him a visitor’s badge. We go up to my room and he explains to me about the incident that happened on Saturday 15 February where an imposter appeared at my OPR condo complex instead of Jeff. Apparently, he told me that this was his “friend” who grabbed his phone away from him and decided to present himself to me that night. Hmm, sounds kind of like a lovers quarrel ?? Anyway I had told that other guy to go away as I was pissed off by this unrequested substitution. So, we get naked and Jeff gives me an even better massage than the first time and the after’s were truly even more erotic and sensual than the previous encounter. Each of us gets the other one off in a nice slow way with an intense output at the end. 🤪😜🍆💦 We both take showers and I walk Jeff downstairs to the security team so that he can retrieve his ID and return his guest badge. As I had not yet eaten my dinner, I walk with Jeff down the Newtown Blvd. and we part ways when I arrive at my usual eating place, the An’dale Eats food cart. Nice happy ending to a rather stressful day. Day 52 (18 February 2025) concluded.

I was not around in those peak Sunee Plaza years so what I can offer are the words that I heard directly from the owner of the M Bar - Madam M, which is in the Jomtien Complex. She told me that back in the day she had GREAT success with a popular bar (I do not remember its name) in Sunee Plaza. She told me that she moved for a while to Boyztown - after the demise of Sunee Plaza due to the frequent police raids due to the problem of underage workers employed by some of the Sunee bars (never in her bar). The police were aggressively targeting said bars as this issue had been exposed in the international press and was harming Thailand's reputation. She told me that she eventually left Boyztown and moved to the Jomtien Complex (Supertown) in July 2022 - as she told me that the Jomtien Complex is "protected" by the Thai Army / or Airforce (I do not remember exactly which branch of the Military she stated) - if I understood correctly - as the property of the complex is under their jurisdiction. She said that this helps to survive from the frequent incursions that were occurring by the local Pattaya police - as there is a fiefdom turf war within the greater Pattaya area - in that the Thai Army / Airforce may be the "administrator" of the Jomtien Complex and NOT the local Pattaya police. However, she told me that the Thai immigration still perform their occasional checks for illegal aliens and workers in the Jomtien Complex - as they have a higher mandate over all of the above mentioned entities. Can anyone here substantiate and/or correct what I wrote ? I find all of this fascinating - because these prior turf wars allow us to understand how things work or don't work now in 2025.

Now I do not feel alone - as we also had a BIG green algae seaweed invasion here in Boracay as reported in my Philippines Cebu trip report some days ago.

And I always perform a pre-edit in WORD and then I post and I do another edit within the gayguides.com editor and then after I click on the save button and my article/update is posted - I read it again and I use the within the forum software the edit button to fix anything that may have slipped through in the previous 2 edit screenings. As this specific Cebu Olango post was very long and very special - that 1 mistake slipped through. It is difficult when we use an alias to refer to someone when we are close to them and know very well their real name. Even @macaroni21 has brought to my attention how I swapped the alias of Mr. B. with another alias of Mr. M.. Many thanks for your kind intervention. I have since written to our gayguides.com admin (TotallyOz) to ask for his kind intervention to correct my dufus mistake.

My reply to @Marc in Calif has been deleted.

As I wrote that more than 1 year ago - additional LINE groups have come to the fore. Massage Insider+ was invented as a NEW additional value added group to give more content with more juicy content. You can ask permission to join - for a small fee by contacting Keisha - who is the administrator listed in my January 2024 post. MIMA PARTY This is a new LINE group that was recently born as a way to organize the soon to occur MIMA Party - which is scheduled for 15 March 2025. MIMA PARTY was created as a joint collaboration by the already existing LINE groups = Massage Addicted + Massage Insider. This 15 March 2025 event will be their FIRST attempt at this type of party and is limited to the first 120 people who sign up to join. The MIMA PARTY could be seen as an alternative to the Crete the Party events that are organized in Bangkok --> as the MIMA PARTY's focus is to give exposure to the top massage shops and their staff that are located in Bangkok. Whereas, the Crete the Party is to give exposure to Bangkok male models - who may not have anything to do with the Bangkok massage business. Here is the link to the MIMA PARTY thread in this forum = gayguides.com PlanetWorld Official - This is a private LINE group created by this masseur who gives massages out of his condo in Bangkok. In addition, he also visits other massage shops all over Thailand and also in Japan and then he reports to his LINE subscribers how those experiences were. His group does require a small fee to join. For the below LINE group - I do not have a name for it as it is all in Thai - it is for a freelance masseur who visits Bangkok for 1 or 2 weeks every 6 to 8 weeks. He was being promoted by KEISHA within the existing Massage_Insider LINE groups for a long time, and then he created his own LINE as shown below. He is a HOT muscle guy and I have not yet tried his services. This all I am aware of - but remember that I live in Jomtien and not in Bangkok. Perhaps our forum members who actually live in Bangkok can share with us any additional LINE groups ?? enjoy

Day 51 (17 February 2025) – Adventure to nearby Olango island We wake up early and we eat our breakfast. Not knowing in advance what Mr. B. likes to eat for breakfast, I offer him something from my meagre 7-Eleven breakfast selection: He chooses a mango yogurt and a shrimp type of sushi roll and later on eats some müsli oat biscuits with me Afterwards, each one of us completes the 3 S’s and we dress up (including swimming trunks) for our nature exploring adventure and prepare our backbacks with water and beach towels. Off we go and we decide to walk the 30 minute journey to the Angasil boat pier. Half of that walk is circumnavigating the Mactan Newtown township to get outside of the township and onto Angasil road. Strangely, as I reported 2 days prior when I made this walk by myself – my heart was racing – but this time in Mr. B.’s company, my heart is calm and the walk is much more pleasant. I generally fear what is unknown more than what is known – as this is now my 2nd walk to the Angasil Port. We arrive and pay for our 2 round trip tickets of 80 pesos (~ $1.38 USD) each. We board the ship immediately, as it is soon to depart for Olango island. We easily find seats as the large ship is not packed. All Aboard!! The ride across the Hilutungan Channel only takes like 20 minutes. We disembark and start the long trek on the cement pier to get to the area where the tricycle taxis are parked. The pier is intentionally made to be extremely long because of the changes in the sea tides – thus allowing the mooring of large ships (car vessels) to park at the pier even if the tide is out and the water level is low. There is a busy flurry of ferry passengers and tricycle drivers negotiating rides and I note that there is not much enthusiasm for our relatively nearby destination in the Santa Rosa village – as I would imagine that it is not very profitable and the tricycle driver needs to wait another 30 minutes for the next ship to arrive to gain some income. Eventually, there were some other passengers going to our nearby destination and we are assigned to one of the tricycles. This is my first time in one of these types of Filipino transportation vehicles and the only other similar experience would be when I went to Dhaka, Bangladesh for my job. I was the first person allowed to board this contraption – as I was the biggest and thus the one consuming the biggest space, which then allowed them to assign the many other smaller in bone structure and BMI (Body Mass Index) local people. Amazingly, we were 4 passengers inside and 1 sitting outside (you can see her behind me in the above photo) – plus the motorbike driver. Basically, this tricycle is a motorbike welded to this aluminum type of carriage. These tricycle vehicles can be found all over the Philippines and are used similar in nature like the CNG (auto rickshaws) that are used in Bangladesh. CNG – auto rickshaw in Bangladesh I believe that we paid 30 pesos (~ $0.52 USD) each for our short 5 to 6 minute ride. At the Refluck e-Bike shop we start chatting with the owner (Jeff) about which e-bike we should rent. Together we chose 2 Chinese Ji Su e-bikes and we pay an initial price of 300 pesos (~ $5.16 USD) each, for a 3 hour rental, with the understanding that it can be extended for each 30 minutes additionally for 50 pesos per each 30 minute interval. We had to sign a contract and related damage disclaimer with our names and contact phone numbers – but NO documents or licenses were required to rent these e-bikes. We are given a short demo on how these vehicles operate. One of them has Chinese switches and controls and I ask Mr. B. if he can take that one and I take the other one that has switches and controls in English. Their maximum speed is 45km and as they were already fully charged Jeff told us that we should be able to go all day. They also have manual pedals in case your battery finishes earlier than planned. https://www.instagram.com/cebu_refluck/p/CzX35BovotC/ The shop is easy to find as it is near the first right after the Santa Rosa Wharf pier ends as shown below: As we are all sorted out, we ask Jeff in which direction is the San Vicente Marine Sanctuary and he says head south on the San Vicente Barangay Road until it ends. OK, let’s GO!! Since my motorbike training has been on gas powered motorbikes this e-bike experience is very different in that the torque when starting is immediate and sudden and powerful. So, you need to adjust how much you turn the accelerator on the handlebar. Well the road ended here at the Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary. Oopsy, we somehow missed our intended destination. This place is also interesting IF you are into bird watching – which is not of big interest to me. Mr. B asks one of the rangers how to get to our desired destination and it seems easy. Here is an aerial photograph of the Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary in case any of you would be interested in visiting it. https://forevervacation.com/cebu/olango-island-wildlife-sanctuary So, we backtrack and within 5 minutes we arrive at the San Vicente Marine Sanctuary. We park our e-bikes and Mr. B. talks to 2 guys who are eating how we can pay the entrance fees to enter the sanctuary. https://www.facebook.com/sanvicentemarinesanctuary/ We tell them that we want the “swimming option with chairs and tables”, which includes the 80 pesos environmental fee, so we have to pay 200 pesos (~$3.44 USD) each to enter. What is weird is that these 2 guys never got up to collect our 400 pesos – they just sat their eating and they told us to leave the fee on the table (we will find out hours later when we leave the sanctuary why they acted this way). Consequently, we never get a receipt or any type of paperwork. They tell us that we need to be VERY careful on the 500 meter elevated bamboo walkway – as it is in a state of repair. The walk out to the end of the walkway is very exciting as perhaps the first 200 meters is on a bamboo walkway that meanders through a mangrove forest with very clean and clear water and fish below you. This portion of the walk reminded me of the wooden boardwalks found on Fire Island, in New York, in the gay communities of Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines. https://www.fireislandfinder.com/fire-island-villages/fire-island-pines/ Then the mangroves end and you are now walking for the next 300 meters on the bamboo walkway that reaches a type of elevated wooden bridge structure (that allows small boats to pass underneath) where the walkway transforms into a wooden plank bridge. We arrive to the end of the walkway to this elevated “entertainment” type of center where you can eat, climb into the crystal clear water to swim and/or snorkel, park your party boat and join in the fun, go on a multi-island excursion, go banana boating, and be solicited by local fisherman with a diverse variety of offerings. Below I am eating a sea urchin (first time in my life) and drinking some Buko Juice = natural coconut juice sold to us by the local fisherman lady and her husband. Yummy sea urchins – Bantay in the local language For my entire life I was always fearful of stepping on one of these sea creatures because IF one or more of their spines would break into your foot – which I heard is extremely painful and requires a hospital intervention to have the spines extracted from your foot. So, I never imagined that I would be eating one of these delicious creatures – to soften the sea taste it is served with vinegar. Mr. B. only eats one and lets me eat the other 5. There was one party boat (pump boat) moored, and their guests were being served fresh caught fish that was barbecued on the barbecue. There were 2 AFAMs (farangs) snorkeling in the water, and there was 1 group of about 5 or 6 young Filipinos enjoying swimming in the water, going on the banana boat and eating. So, this place is fun, and exudes a lot of positive energy. When I bought the sea urchins I also bought some fish food so that Mr. B. and I could toss it into the crystal clear water and see the many colorful fish arrive to eat it. Before heading back, the fisherman lady sells me 2 coasters that are made out of sea shells – I have never seen anything like these so I could not refuse to buy them. Later on when we returned back to Santa Rosa, we saw some ladies making these by hand – truly an artisan type of work. We start the trek back over the wooden bridge and then bamboo walkway to retrieve our e-bikes and we now notice why no one “officially” collected our money to enter the sanctuary because now there is a big plastic CDO (Cease & Desist Order) sign draped near the entrance: Because the bamboo walkway is considered to be dangerous and unsafe to walk on. Mr. B. notices a police officer (PO) sitting nearby (I did not see him) and perhaps this PO comes during certain times of the day to enforce the CDO ? Who knows? We were unofficially allowed in with words of caution as the bamboo walkway needs to be repaired. So, this is perhaps why we needed to put the entrance fee on the table and why we did not get an official receipt. Anyway, if there was some form of corruption occurring, I am happy that we were able to see and appreciate this wonderful sanctuary and we hope that the bamboo walkway will be repaired at the soonest. On the way to find a place to eat, we stop to take some selfies in the lush foliage of the Maribagini forest which is full of neem trees. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maribagini_Park.jpg We come across the Casa Blanca by the Sea resort and we decide to have lunch there. As it is a Monday, after the craziness of the Valentine Day weekend, it is extremely quiet and Mr. B. and myself we are the only customers. https://www.facebook.com/casablancabythesea/ While we are eating it starts to rain quite heavily which interrupts our plans – as we wanted to venture over to the east coast of Olango – the coast that faces the famous Bohol island. So, we wait for a pause in the rain and then we start our journey back to the Refluck e-bike shop. About ½ the way back it starts to poor again and we seek refuge underneath the overhang of a local church. Eventually the rain stops and we finally reach the e-bike shop. Jeff calculates that we owe an additional 150 pesos (~$2.58 USD) for the time beyond 3 hours that we initially paid for. Not bad for the total time of 4.5 hours that we rented the e-bikes for. Jeff ever so briefly checks for any damages and lets us go. What a great guy. We decide to walk it back to the ferry and it was then that we did not realize how far the Santa Rosa wharf really is to the point where the ferry is moored. Google states that it is 1.2km = 16 minute walk. As we approach the end of the Santa Rosa wharf, we notice 2 ships – the one on the right is the ship used to transport vehicles to the island and the one on the left is our small passenger ferry. The ferry going back to the Angasil Port is a small boat and it is already super packed and Mr. B. and I, we are the last passengers to board – consequently we could not sit together. I am sitting on a small plastic stool in the extreme back and Mr. B. is in the front row near the boarding area. As it was raining previously, the sea is choppy and since this ferry is much smaller it sways more and the lady in front of me starts to get seasick and we all need to stand up urgently so that she could quickly pass us to enter into the CR (comfort room = bathroom) to do the necessary. When she finally exits, we are almost at the port, but the ferry boat that is bound for Olango island has not yet left its docking slip, so we need to wait in the choppy sea and the lady decides that she needs to sit next to me and requests that the Filipino boy who was sitting in front of the CR entrance move to her seat. I can see that she is sweating profusely, and it is just a matter of minutes that she will need to vomit again, so I decide to stand up and move my way forward holding onto the ceiling of the swaying ship. At that point we finally dock and we could get off the vessel. Mr. B. was lucky as he was one of the first off and I was one of the last. It was truly good to be back on firm ground = Mactan island. Hallelujah!! We decide to walk back to the Mactan Newtown township and about two thirds of the way, we see an ugly sight, a man is laying on the middle of the road – obviously injured from a very fresh road accident – we literally need to walk off of the road into the muddy area to get around the big crowd of onlookers that is now forming waiting for the ambulance to arrive. We return to my condo to relax, take a nap, shower and prepare to go to dinner later on. Before exiting my OPR condo complex, I tell Mr. B. that I want to show him something on the bridge floor = 4 (this is the floor that connects the 4 towers of the complex), which is the outside of the tower that houses the BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) center. From the children’s playground you have a clear view into the hamster tiny cubicles that those poor workers must work in. It is just a giant sea of endless cubicle blocks stacked one after the other with 2 workers crammed side-by-side inside the individual cubicle as shown below: You may remember that on New Year’s Eve, I had dinner with the guy who massaged me who works in one of these BPOs that the Philippines is famous for. He told me that the starting salary is 13,000 pesos (~$223.71 USD), and his partner who works in a BPO in IT Park in Cebu city earns 30,000 pesos (~$516.25 USD), after 8 years of working there. This is why you will find many BPO workers moonlighting in the apps for extra money. Mr. B. told me that within the gay Filipino community, BPOs are popular places for gays to work. I take Mr. B. to my favorite food truck to eat: An’Dale Eats and Mr. B. really likes it. https://www.facebook.com/andaleeats?mibextid=LQQJ4d While we were walking over to the An'Dale Eats food truck we witnessed a minor altercation between 4 very attractive ladyboys and an AFAM (farang) who was yelling at the ladyboys. I heard, "Hey they stole my iphone" and Mr. B. heard, "Hey they stole my food". The later was probably what was really said as the situation seemed to calm down quickly. During these few seconds - I thought that I was back in Pattaya. hahahahaha.... Afterwards we take a walk outside of the Mactan Newtown township to visit the Mactan Shrine – which I have never seen up close at night – only from my previous AirBnB that overlooked the Magellan Sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mactan_Shrine They made it magical because they put blue lights out on the mangrove trees out in the bay. We then walk the outer perimeter of the township over to the main entrance and along the way Mr. B. spots some “balut” for sale and wants to eat one. It is a baby duck egg that has been incubated for a period of time until the embryo partially develops – and then it is boiled and the purchaser eats it directly from the shell. I was grossed out but Mr. B. said that it was so yummy. Mr. B. trying to entice me to eat a baby duck embryo We walk beyond the LG Garden Walk mall to the nearby 2 story karaoke place to see these large glass walls of people showing off and singing. We discover that it is an upscale 5 star Korean owned restaurant and karaoke club that is open 24 hours. Its name is Pungryu Jeong. https://www.facebook.com/p/Pungryujeong-61553767130954/ The more I stay in the Mactan Newtown township the more I realize the influence of the BIG money Koreans who own many of the condos and businesses within the township and outside of the township. Furthermore, there are 4 to 5 big English language centers here that are almost exclusively enrolled by Korean and/or Japanese students. We return to my OPR condo and call it a night as it has been a long and exciting day. No massages or extra-curricular activities today. Day 51 (17 February 2025) – Adventure to nearby Olango island concluded.

Day 50 (16 February 2025) Boring start to the day, as I get on my hands and knees to clean the floors in my lovely condo – as Mr. B. will arrive later in the day and I want this impressive condo to be spotless for his arrival. Mr. B. tells me that he is on his way, as he has booked his ride on the ever so popular Move IT motorbike taxi app. It is 15:20pm. Before I know it, at 15:50pm Mr. B. is already outside of my OPR condo complex waiting for me. So, the total elapsed time was only 30 minutes – truly amazing for a cost of 245 pesos ( ~ $4.21 USD). I hurried downstairs to check in Mr. B. with the OPR security team and they issue him a guest badge. After Mr. B. puts down his luggage and drinks something – I immediately take him out onto the balcony so that he can see for himself the amazing unobstructed sea-to-sea view from the Hilutungan Channel with Olango island in full view, and then looking the other way to the Mactan Channel with both the Mactan-Cebu International Airport and Cebu city skyline with the mountains in the background. Mr. B. agrees that I have a balcony with a breathtaking view. I give Mr. B. the grand tour of the Mactan Newtown township, as it is his first time here. I walk him past the 2 hotels, Savoy and Belmont, as Mr. B. works for a competing hotel, so it is interesting for him to see the competition. We then continue to the end of the township at the private Newtown beach and I bring him to the wall that separates the township from the Shangri-La resort that Mr. B. and I visited on 4 January 2025 that I reported about in my Day 7 (4 January 2025) update. In this way we can see both sides of that separating wall from a 5-star resort to this MegaWorld planned community. On the way back into the center of the township, we pass by the construction site of the new to-be Mactan Expo Center, whose footprint will consume almost 1 hectare of the 30 hectare for the entire township. The below YouTube video from MegaWorld explains it better, as it provides impressive visuals. I take pride showing Mr. B. our very small mini-mall that is within the main 8 Boulevard building, and while giving him the quick tour, I notice a stairs that I did not notice before and we go up to the 2nd level and we discover 4 to 5 more businesses (in addition to the ones that I already reported on in a previous post update), of which 1 is the Nast Fitness Center https://www.nastfitness.com/ Note that the operating hours are from 5am until 12 midnight 7 days a week. So, in addition to the Anytime Fitness gym (which is open 24 hours every day) that I already reported on in a previous update, which is slightly outside of the township, in the nearby LG Garden Walk mall, whereas this Nast Fitness gym that is located right here within the township. We then venture outside of the township so that I can show Mr. B. all of the different street food venues that are located outside the perimeter wall of the township, in the busy chaotic real streets of Filipino life. I understand that Mr. B., who has been working since 6am, is very tired and hungry, and so we head back into the township to eat dinner at the Mactan Newtown Alfresco outdoor food court, which is all illuminated at night with these beautiful white string lights. I have never eaten here in the evening so I never saw it beautifully illuminated. It is quite full and busy. After dinner, we buy 2 yummy mango popsicles from the famous shop located here in the township, https://www.facebook.com/TMN.OfficialTownshipPage/posts/new-store-alert-pan-de-manila-is-now-baking-and-ready-to-serve-you-the-freshest-/122123240714396557/ and now we head back to the condo room. Soon afterwards, Mr. B. is sound asleep, so we call it a night, as we will wake up early for our adventure over to Olango island. NO extracurricular activities for today. Day 50 (16 February 2025) concluded.